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THE DREADED PASS 
place I observed a large stone building, of excellent masonry, 
now in ruins, but which must have formerly constituted a spa¬ 
cious warm sulphuric bath. I put my hand into the water, and 
found the heat very great, but having no thermometer could not 
ascertain to what degree. This, I believe, was the spot where 
our apostolic countryman, Henry Martyn, faint with fever and 
fatigue, alighted to bathe, in his way to Tokat. Thence we 
crossed the stream, and pursued our dangerous route amidst the 
hills. A little after eleven o’clock, we passed the village and 
rivulet of Ordooze; and half an hour more, brought us to another 
collection of huts, called Azub, inhabited by Nestorians. On 
leaving them, we gradually descended into a fine vale, with the 
agreeable prospect of a less wild country opening before us, 
covered with browsing herds and flocks. My companions told 
me it was well stocked with villages likewise; but they were of 
too lowly a structure to be discernible above ground. At two 
o’clock we approached near enough to see one, which my in¬ 
former called Aran. Our course now lay S. 35° W. at three we 
reached the termination of the irregular part of our descent, at 
which point the road divides; that to the left, winding round a 
lofty hill, and finishing at the village of Kupri-Kiey, close to the 
Aras; which is there crossed by a fine stone bridge, and ad¬ 
ditionally adorned by a large khaun of a noble appearance. I 
had a good view of both from our higher ground; also of the 
river itself, which flows from the south-west; and thence I was 
able to trace its meanderings almost to their very source. The 
peculiar name of the mountains amongst which it rises, are called 
the Shoo-Weiun-Dagler. They are very towering; and on their 
southern side (nearly opposite to the fountain of the Aras, in 
their north-eastern brow,) is the Bin-guiel (a thousand springs), 
